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Jul 19, 2011 - 6:17 PM
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ToneRow
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I'm surprised that no-one has, so far, released any music written by Australian composer Douglas Gamley for a slew of memorable British horror and fantasy movies made in the 70s, notably:
And Now The Screaming Starts
Vault of Horror
The Beast Must Die
From Beyond The Grave
The Land That Time Forgot
Madhouse
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The Monster Club
Does anyone know if the music from any of these films has survived, or if there might be any plans to release it?
Sorry, I'm not able to answer questions about the survival of Gamley's score master tapes or any label's plans; however, since Silva Screen Records had gotten a hold of Malcolm Lockyer's music for the Amicus production of DR. WHO AND THE DALEKS and released this on CD, then there's hope that other Amicus music still exists.
Interestingly, Douglas Gamley was involved in scoring the earliest horror production by Max Rosenberg & Milton Subotsky before they even created Amicus - THE CITY OF THE DEAD (aka HORROR HOTEL) from 1960.
By 1965, Amicus was formed, and one of their specialties was the omnibus horror movie.
At this time in the '60s, Elisabeth Lutyens served as in-house composer for Amicus, and it wasn't until the early 1970s that Douglas Gamley became the regular Amicus composer.
Starting in 1972 with TALES FROM THE CRYPT and ASYLUM (2 titles that weren't mentioned above), Gamley then went onto VAULT OF HORROR and the others cited.
I rather like ...AND NOW THE SCREAMING STARTS the most, and would naturally wish this one to be released onto disc.
I don't know why Mr. Gamley didn't want these scores of his to be released as albums (after all, his score for the 1958 ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE was issued on LP).
To be honest, though, his early '70s scores were quite referential to standard classical warhorses, such as Bach's Toccata and Fugue for Organ (quoted in TALES FROM THE CRYPT rather noticeably) or yet another rendition of the Dies Irae in his FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE.
Maybe this could be a reason?
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With the upcoming blu ray release of THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT is any label preparing to release the score as well?
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